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Chapter 1: What is the main focus of the podcast episode?
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How are you doing? Fantastic, buddy. How are you?
I'm good. Going out to Westlake tonight, doing an event with Brant Myers. Going to have some fun with that. I hope we're going to be reasonably entertaining. It's a difficult topic at times, but mental health. So we're looking forward to that.
uh to be a part of christine vachon's group uh the soul sisters memorial so we're gonna we're gonna tell that's a great cause and brandt's gonna be awesome at that he knows how to handle that bob i'm gonna throw down a gauntlet and i'm gonna challenge you okay i'm gonna challenge you tonight you are not allowed to bring up once tonight oh who is the guy you played against in minor hockey that ended up being the tough guy todd ewan who was that
Todd Ewan. You're not allowed to bring up Todd Ewan once tonight at your event. I challenge you.
All right. Well, Todd's no longer with us, but yeah, he was good. Respectfully. You know what I mean? I mean, he was, he was a really good player. That's what it was. And that's, and you know that because you were good enough to play a year in there, year or two in the Western league. But anyhow, yeah, we're not, I, I, you know, it's going to be mostly be Brent telling stories and then a,
Obviously, there's going to be some questions about the current Euler situation. So speaking of the current Euler situation, Ryan, what do you think we're looking at here? Or when do you think we're looking at it here?
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Chapter 2: What insights does Ryan Rishaug share about the Oilers' current situation?
And DJ Smith coming in should have absolutely no bearing on nerve stain. That's 9.25 million that we've not been able to get rid of for years, and it's not going to get any better. This has to be something that's taken off the books and used elsewhere. We need help in the top six, and a goaltender even signing Dickinson doesn't make sense. They should target a younger 3C who is an injury problem
That's a Henry contract waiting to happen again. What happened into buying on the distressed assets? Uh, well, I guess time will tell, uh, what happens, uh, Ryan, what are you hearing on Darnell nurse?
Well, is that what you asked me before, by the way, when I couldn't hear you, the texter was saying, it doesn't matter.
Like DJ Smith should have no bearing on potentially working with Darnell nurse because he should be gone. I don't think it's a slam dunk that Darnell nurse ultimately gets traded. Right.
Yeah. I mean, I think Stan Bowman is probably not going to want to risk hurting the situation by moving Darnell nurse.
So I think if they find something that clearly makes sense and they're pretty confident they can pull the trigger like this, I don't think this is going to be a scenario like it got to a steward skinnier where I believe they made that trade just simply because they felt like they needed to make a trade. to fix, you know, dynamic. And because it had been so long, this is pretty risky.
You can hurt yourself with this trade. You're dealing with some pretty big numbers. The other thing too, Bob, is you never know who's going to do what under a different head coach. You never have a clue. We've seen coaches come in and unlock some guys, and other guys just can't get putting square underneath them in any way, shape, or form.
There is a piece of me that would be interested to see what Darnell Nurse does under Mike Babcock or DJ Smith. I still think it's more than likely that he gets traded, but I think Stan Bowman needs to be super careful about hurting players. this organization, you know, trade asset-wise by making a bad deal here just because they felt like the time had come where they had no choice.
Haji texts us on the Ashley Fine Forest text line. He says, Bob, doesn't Hockey Ops hire the coach? This question's a little redundant. Hockey Ops owns it full stop. No, what I'm saying is what's the bigger impact, player personnel decisions or the coaching change and going to, you know, likely two experienced players coaches working together that have worked together before.
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Chapter 3: How does Mike Babcock's coaching impact the Oilers' future?
If nurse stays, can't wait for Babcock to unlock a 31 year old Darnell nurse. Here's the deal. We believe at this point, do we know how many teams nurses actually, uh, and Paul, so we don't know, could be three, could be five. Um, usually the way this works is sometimes teams, like if I'm San Jose or Chicago, I would want to be in on Darnell nurse. I'm not convinced Darnell nurse.
We believe the teams are in the Eastern conference, which would mean that at this point, maybe, you know, San Jose and Chicago aren't viable options. So maybe nurses list gets expanded. I guess we'll have to wait and see on the Darnell nurse front. So no, and it was just an interesting conversation because somebody sent me a text and said, who's had the better career taser or, or McDavid.
I mean, McDavid's clearly the better player, but Tase has played for, on, you know, really good team. And the orders came as close as you can come in back-to-back years and not win. And the end result is we've had a pretty interesting off season, Jason Dickinson and Connor Murphy. What are you hearing there, Ryan? Well, that's twice and that isn't a, there we go. Yeah, we'll take a time out.
It's four 52 and oil country. You're listening to orders now. All right. Uh, we had some technical difficulties there with Ryan. It's four 55 and oil country. Wes has text us on the Ashley fine forest tax line. And Wes says, Hey Bob, one thing that stands out about Mike Babcock is his tracker, a track record.
He has a Stanley cup, two Olympic gold medals, a world championship, gold medal, over 700 NHL coaching wins. Very few coaches in the modern era can match that resume. When you compare him to some of the Oilers' previous coaches, Babcock brings a level of experience and success that most of them didn't have when they arrived in Edmonton.
He's coached superstar players, handled the intense media markets, and led teams deep into the playoffs. His teams have been traditionally known for structure, accountability, and strong defensive play. Areas that can make a big difference for a team with Stanley Cup aspirations.
Whether people like his coaching style or not, there is no denying Mike Babcock is one of the most accomplished coaches of his generation. If the Oilers are serious about maximizing the remaining prime years of Conor McDavid and Leon Dreisaitl, hiring a coach with that level of experience and pedigree would make a lot of sense. Again, you can text us at 780- 451-8800. This text settles 780.
Bob, resigning every guy and not making any real moves to the goalie position, not trading away your worst contract, and allowing the big move to be a coaching change this season is going to lead us down one road. Another year wasted of the best player in modern history. Trading Nurse is going to be hard, but that's why Stan got the deal that he got. 456.
in oil country this texture says bob mike babcock hasn't won a playoff series since 2011 that is 15 years ago so let's sort of arrange some of the opinions that we're getting out there on the ashley five floors text line the owners now injury reports brought to you all season long by james h brown and associates alberta injury lawyers trent brown jim brown and the gang and james h brown big supporters of the evidence orders the epitopes hey how about a 880 chad a three-year extension
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